Home Away from Home

I absolutely love going back home. The serenity and beauty of being in the country is not like anything else you'll ever experience. Here are a few pictures I captured during our weekend escape.

Count your many blessings

Lately God has repeatedly brought two words to my mind...thankfulness and contentment. Today I am counting my blessings and although the list goes on and on, here is just one...

My Favorite Past Time

Last week we took Lilly to her first Royals game. I can still remember going to the stadium as a little girl and the memories I have from that experience. Although Lilly is probably too young to ever remember this game I hope she too will someday have memories like I have. And who knows maybe she'll even enjoy the game as much as I did and use it to pay her way through college! Now that would be a grand slam!!

On our way to the game.

Lilly decided that this day, of all days, would be an appropriate day to skip a nap. She was so tired and could hardly keep her eyes open while daddy was carrying her. There were a couple of instances during the game I thought she might fall a sleep but she never did. I don't think we made it out of the parking lot before she was sound asleep.

Summer fun

Playing at the park

Doesn't take much to entertain me!

Lilly loves playing with MiMi (my mom). They have so much fun together and Lilly lights up when she sees her (and PaPa too).

Lilly has always enjoyed books so at an early age we started using flashcards to mix things up. She absolutely loves them and gets excited when she sees me getting them out. She seems to be excelling verbally and can repeat almost any word you say. Of course I think she is extremely smart for her age but then again I might be a bit bias.